Includes frontispiece and engravings by W.H. Dougal, J.C. McRae, and J. McGoffin

Biographical sketch: Introductory ; Success and rise in life ; Position in relation to political parties ; Review of speeches and letters ; Retirement from Congress ; Position on the question of secession ; Views of public policy and course during the war ; Arrest and imprisonment ; Concluding remarks -- Speeches, letters, etc

Lincoln copies bound in cloth

Lincoln copy 3: [1] leaf of the publisher's advertisements at end

Includes facsimiles of: Letter from Hon. Abraham Lincoln to Mr. Stephens, Springfield, Illinois, November 30th, 1860; Rejoinder of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, December 22d, 1860: p. 150-151; and Note from President Lincoln to Mr. Stephens, concerning his nephew, Lieutenant John A. Stephens, Washington City, February 10th, 1865: p. 199

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